Suppose you woke up today in Australia from a 3-year coma & you're told: 1. Global total excess deaths at 22 million from a new disease; 2. Total confirmed acute deaths from this disease in Oz 16,000+ & about 90% in 2022 3. Current Oz deaths in past week about 150...
4. Disease is highly contagious through the air 5. People can be infectious for a couple of days before symptoms 6. Of those who recover from acute phase of disease about 3% end up with much higher morbidity & mortality & unable to work & this risk increases with each infection.
7. Vaccinations & past infection provide limited (& declining over time) protection from reinfection (& long form of the disease) but good protection from severe symptoms. 8. You are told masks reduce infection rate by up to 50%. 9. Hospitals are overloaded. So you ask...
Why aren't people wearing masks? Why aren't people in isolation when infectious? Why are testing stations (to know if you are infectious) are being disbanded?
You are told that this disease is not exceptional & 'just like the flu' and that wearing masks are too bothersome